"It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the honest employment of their vocation."
Read quote
3 likes
Honor quotes
Honor
1.5K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Honor
Browse quotes that often appear alongside honor — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Honor quotes (page 19 of 76)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous"
Read quote
3 likes
"A president cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored.'”"
Read quote
3 likes
"The more honor, the more danger."
Read quote
3 likes
"And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?"
Read quote
3 likes
"God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross."
Read quote
3 likes
"If honor calls, where'er she points the way The sons of honor follow, and obey."
Read quote
3 likes
"The only real knowledge is who you really are - a spiritual being created in the image in the likeness of a loving God. If you know that, everything you do will honor the wisdom and beauty you already own."
Read quote
3 likes
"Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything..."
Read quote
3 likes
"The appropriate place to really render honors, and to acknowledge the sacrifice that somebody has made is at the gravesite. And it's at the gravesite because that's where friends and family can be. That's where members of the military unit can gather."
Read quote
3 likes
"This doctrine of baptism for the dead is a great doctrine, one of the most glorious doctrines that was ever revealed to the human family; and there are light, power, glory, honor and immortality in it."
Read quote
3 likes
"When a professional baseball team asks you to throw out the first pitch, that's an honor, and you do it."
Read quote
3 likes
"I honor Earth First for having the guts to do the things they do. It's not for me, but I understand why they do what they do. And, ultimately, we all help each other."
Read quote
3 likes
"Men like us are good and proud and strong...if we had a faith, a God, nothing could undermine us. But we had nothing, we had to learn everything, and living for honor alone has its weaknesses."
Read quote
3 likes
"Surely until all of us own and honor one another's dead, until we have admitted to our murders and forgiven one another and ourselves for what we have done, there can be no truce, no dignity and no peace."
Read quote
3 likes
"At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary."
Read quote
3 likes
"We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.""
Read quote
3 likes
"If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other people's opinions. Of course, this may be only an exaggerated way of stating the prosaic truth that reputation, that is, the opinion others have of us, is indispensable if we are to make any progress in the world."
Read quote
3 likes
"I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructer [sic] to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment. If it is a drudgery to teach these little ones, then it is the duty of men to bear a part of that burthen; if it is a privilege and an honor, then we generously invite them to share that honor and privilege with us."
Read quote
3 likes
"I want something else; a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism. Notice how this word has "man" right in the middle of it? That's one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he is surrounded. I want to vote and work for a way of life that honors the feminine."
Read quote
3 likes